> Koushik Sekhar wrote:
> > Should markets be priced assuming that nothing will go wrong ("random
> > shocks") or should markets be priced assuming that something will go wrong ?

> Neither, obviously.  Prices should reflect expected values - in this
> case, disasters discounted by their probabilities.
>                         Prof. Bryan Caplan                

But isn't this a key issue? How does one figure out discount for things
like earthquakes, terrorism or other "disasters"? Fabio 


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